Double Tears Fall Before My Lord

When Zong Wuyuan and the other Zong Family members heard the Eastern Sage's verdict, they instead breathed a sigh of relief. In the River of History of the Human Race, ten years was exceedingly brief; in the Zong Family's history, ten years was not long either. Even for an individual, ten years was very short.

Everyone had long reached a conclusion: Fang Yun becoming the Human Race's unprecedented "Four-Examination Same-Year Distinction," advancing from Licentiate to Metropolitan Graduate within a single year, was not particularly remarkable. Many people had gone from Academy Student to Metropolitan Graduate in two years, or even from Licentiate to Metropolitan Graduate, only taking one or two years longer than Fang Yun.

What was more, the Literary Qi and accumulation required to advance from Metropolitan Graduate to Hanlin Academician were dozens of times what was needed from Licentiate to Metropolitan Graduate. From Hanlin Academician to Grand Academician required dozens of times the total of all that came before.

Even the heaven-blessed Yi Zhishi had only become a Great Scholar at thirty-nine. No matter how formidable Fang Yun was, he would still need to be past thirty-five.

There were still eighteen years until Fang Yun reached thirty-five.

In the eyes of all scholars, if Fang Yun wished to grow his wings full and strong, to truly be able to confront aristocratic clans head-on, he would have to become a Great Scholar first.

Even if Fang Yun became a Grand Academician, he would still fall far short of the Zong Family. The Zong Family merely needed to suppress him; there was no need to fear him overly much.

Take Yi Zhishi, the foremost Great Scholar at present. He was a heaven-blessed genius, and every aristocratic clan of the Human Race treated him with courtesy, because not only was his